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In this excellent, intermediate Pilates workout, you add muscular power and endurance to the core stability you've developed. Skillful instructor Moira Stott-Merrithew starts with a review of basic principles, demonstrated in the warm-up, before taking us through a nonstop workout. Many of the moves are the essential exercises taught in
Essential Matwork but performed without rests in between (45 exercises in 49 minutes), building flow as well as adding endurance and intensity. Stott-Merrithew slows down when she introduces difficult new exercises, such as the rollover, which involves lying on the back, legs lifted off the floor (held up by the abdominals), then slowly bringing the legs up and over the head with control, touching the feet to the floor behind the head, opening the legs from that position, then flexing the feet and slowly bringing them back to the starting position, closing the legs, and doing it all over again. Whew. As always, Stott-Merrithew, calm and competent, instructs throughout, so we're learning as much technique as we can handle. Her form is impeccable and inspiring.
--Joan Price
Product Description
Building on the ESSENTIAL MATWORK 2nd Edition video, STOTT PILATES INTERMEDIATE MATWORK 2nd Edition challenges strength, flexibility and coordination. You will heighten your body awareness with this invigorating workout. This is a brand new tape featuring the same exercises as the First Edition, but in a different, more balanced order. Requires Equipment: Exercise Mat Demonstrated and Narrated by Moira Stott-Merrithew. Copyright 2001 Covers 49 exercises Length: 49 minutes.
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